Happiness System

After several hours of heavy rain, the water on the road had reached the calf level.

Qin Qinghai asked the shop owner and learned that their location was not low-lying, but the terrain was not high either. Every one or two years when a large hurricane hit, water would flood into their house.

He calmly ordered breakfast and packed some steamed buns and pancakes that were not prone to spoiling.

After returning to the room, he immediately asked others to quickly pack up their things, and moved to a higher place in the city regardless of the wind and rain and the store owner's attempts to keep them.

This time he paid a high price to stay in a hotel run by a foreigner. The hotel had five floors in total, and he specifically requested two rooms each on the fourth and fifth floors.

The receptionist was used to seeing all kinds of people, and didn't think there was anything wrong with his behavior. He took the money and gave them the keys.

After entering the hotel room, Qin Qinghai still felt uneasy, but he couldn't tell what was not arranged properly.

After a while, they began to feel cold, and several of them immediately took out their thin jackets and put them on.

Qin Qinghe checked the mattress in the room. The quilt was a bit thin. If the temperature was a little lower, it would probably be a bit cold at night.

He hung up the phone and went to the front desk, who said that their bedding was all from the United States, and if it was not enough, they could get an extra one for them, but there was no thick quilt as it was still on the way!

The speaker on the phone was very loud. He Dong listened silently and went out to buy a thick quilt.

Although the city they are in is not the capital of Dongzhou, it is also the second largest city in Dongzhou. The Qin family's industries in Dongzhou are also mainly distributed here. Naturally, Uncle Qin and his family also live in this city.

This was just a routine inspection, so his whereabouts naturally did not need to be kept secret.

After hanging up the phone, he continued to call Uncle Qin's home. He only said that he was already in Dongzhou and gave them some hints, asking them to prepare for safe evacuation and to move the goods to a higher place as much as possible.

Uncle Qin quickly understood what was going on and realized that Qin Qinghai was safe, so he immediately gave orders and made arrangements.

He lived in a large mansion, but after thinking about it, he still felt it was unsafe, so he immediately moved the important members of his family to a Western-style building halfway up the mountain.

He Dong came back less than an hour after he went out, and the people who went out to gather information followed closely behind him.

The situation here is very bad. The inn they stayed in yesterday has been flooded, and the water level on the road has reached the thigh level of an adult man.

All the canals in the city were overflowing with water, and even outside their area the water had reached their calves.

Without even taking a breath or changing clothes, He Dong immediately took his men out to purchase more.

They must at least be prepared to be trapped for ten days or half a month. Other things are not a big deal, but western medicine, food and clean diet must be prepared in sufficient quantities.

Several people kept making arrangements for their own survival and completely forgot to call home. Subconsciously, they didn't want their wives and children to worry.

That night, the water and electricity were cut off and communications were interrupted. Then news came that the dam upstream had burst and the first floor of the inn where they had been staying had been flooded!

To make matters worse, a hurricane made landfall in the middle of the night!

The wind was howling like ghosts and wolves. The windows of the two rooms on the fifth floor only lasted for one day before their frames came off and they were destroyed. The ones on the fourth floor were better, they lasted for two days before being broken by flying debris outside.

Once the window was broken, they could only be described as feeling chilled to the bone, both mentally and physically!

More than 90% of the hotel's glass was broken. Even if the glass was not broken, the hotel was already full and there were no vacancies for replacements.

"Damn it, don't these foreigners call themselves a superpower? How come the things they make are so bad!" I'm about to lose my mind.

Fortunately, they lived on the fourth floor, and the flooding only reached the second floor of the hotel. The water level did not rise again after the hurricane stopped.

Unfortunately, the heavy rain did not stop. On the fifth day, the food stored in the hotel had been eaten up, and even the porridge that cost one silver dollar a bowl was out of stock.

After the hotel stopped supplying supplies, Qin Qinghai and his manager, a total of six people, gathered in a room.

Although the bed was saved after the glass was broken, the rain was blown into the house by the wind, making the room wet. After a few days, a musty smell filled the room, and a few unknown mushrooms grew in the corners of the house from time to time.

The six people were divided into three groups to take turns sleeping and being on duty, and they didn’t dare to eat food freely.

The days of closed waiting are the most torturous!

They were all grown men, and after being knocked on the door a few times, no one dared to disturb them anymore. But outside, all kinds of people were living there, with all kinds of ugliness and evil happening around.

Someone looked at the vast ocean under the rain outside the window and said with a wry smile: "They say this is a misty water city, absolutely beautiful on rainy days, but it's a pity that we didn't catch a good day, so we didn't see the beauty but saw desolation everywhere!"

The damp and cold weather in the south is inescapable. Even if the leaking windows were blocked with tools in time after the hurricane stopped, young men like Qin Qinghai could not avoid getting sick due to lack of adaptation.

Fortunately, after receiving the letter, Qin Qinghai did not think it was alarmist and arranged for people to make adequate preparations, otherwise he would have lost half his life if he had not died!

On the sixth day, the rain began to subside, the sky became slightly clearer, and by the evening, the water level was beginning to drop...

The people of Qingcheng received the news from Qin Qinghai on the tenth day of the rain.

When Chen Yuling received the call, she covered her mouth and cried and laughed. Qin Qinghai's voice was low and hoarse, and he coughed from time to time, but the situation on his side was still okay.

After the water level dropped, Uncle Qin found him quickly and took him back to the western-style building halfway up the mountain. Two days later, partial communications were restored there, and he was able to make a phone call to report that he was safe.

There was still a drizzle over there, the flood had not yet completely subsided, and railway transportation could not be restored for the time being. For the time being, Qin Qinghai could only stay at Uncle Qin's house.

Compared with Dongzhou, Qinzhou was relatively good. The heavy rain began to subside after three days. Even in the low-lying areas that were flooded the most, the flood did not exceed the roofs, and the flood receded quickly after the rain subsided.

At this time, the farmers in Qinzhou were extremely grateful for the harvesting order from the Marshal's Mansion, especially those who had relatives or friends in other prefectures. Knowing the tragic situation in Dongzhou, they were even more grateful that they were born in Qinzhou.

After receiving Qin Qinghai's call that he was safe, the drizzle continued for another week before it stopped.

The sticky, damp and cold air finally turned dry. Everyone rushed to wash and dry their things in the sun, and also took out their bedding to dry in the sun to remove moisture.

This year the hot weather lasted longer than in previous years, and the cold weather came earlier than in previous years. In addition, the harvest was poor and prices rose a lot.

Taking advantage of this wave of chaos, the army wiped out several large bandit dens and raided several wealthy families who were driving up prices.

Yan Shenghong and Zhou Shishi failed to buy grain from foreign merchants this time, so they could only purchase a batch from various places at a high price.

However, due to budget overruns and a sense of luck, the waterproofing and moisture-proofing measures for the warehouse and grain were not implemented properly.

Unfortunately, their luck was not good, and their subordinates were not competent, so the warehouse leaked and soaked the food.

When the weather cleared up and they went to the warehouse to check the goods, they were hit by an unpleasant smell of corruption when they opened the door.

Most of that batch of food has gone bad!

In addition, the food in Qinzhou was not as scarce as they had imagined, and the Marshal's Mansion had taken steps to control prices, so the price of food was not as high as they thought.

This time, not only did they lose all their money, but they were also registered by the Marshal's Mansion. It was only a matter of time before they would be in trouble.

But Qin Xiaoyun hid her achievements and fame behind the scenes!

She only kept 20,000 kilograms of grain, and sold the rest, along with the medicine, to the commander-in-chief at the original price.

The commander-in-chief did not let her suffer any loss and let her choose one of the seven or eight confiscated cars.

Of course she had to pay, but the price was extremely low. She legally owned a car worth tens of thousands of dollars for only 8,000 Singapore dollars!

Originally she didn't want to be so high-profile, but the rainy half month made her feel the inconvenience of not having a car, especially as winter was approaching.

Unless she can stay at home for the entire winter, anyone who rides in a rickshaw facing the freezing wind will know how cold it is!

After the rain stopped, Qin Xiaoyun hired two more servants, a middle-aged couple in their late 40s.

Men are responsible for some rough housework and burning the boiler, while women are mainly responsible for sweeping and cleaning.

Pan'er was responsible for taking care of Qin Xiaoyun's bedroom items and serving her personally.

In addition to taking care of the other three people, Liu Ma is also responsible for shopping and cooking.

Originally, we wanted to hire a chef, but Qin Xiaoyun was the only host at home, and she often didn't eat at home, so the plan was shelved.

Qin Xiaoyun, Qin Qinghai and Liu Xundong were partners in the business. Liu Xundong helped to build the framework and then just walked away from the business. Qin Qinghai went even further and didn't care about the business at all after he paid his share of the money.

Qin Xiaoyun is busy as a dog, but not all the money she earns is hers. She feels like a complete scapegoat!

But she is the most vulnerable one!

The end of the year is busy and business is at its best.

Qin Xiaoyun from the business had already prepared the goods, and there was also a capable manager watching over her, so she wasn't really too busy, and was pretty much the same as usual.

On the surface, the foreign goods trading company is the private property of Liu Xundong, the second-generation rich devil. Except for a few family members, no one knows that Qin Qinghai and Qin Xiaoyun, brother and sister, also have a stake in it, let alone that the actual manager of the trading company is the abandoned woman Qin Xiaoyun who was once talked about.

Even if Yan Shenghong was the one who made the mistake, the two of them divorced due to the intervention of their families. In the eyes of the world, Qin Xiaoyun was always an abandoned woman.

This world is extremely intolerant and harsh towards women. Even if Qin Xiaoyun wanted to be quiet, she couldn't do it.

At least on the surface she needs the protection of her family.

Even if she didn't want to be involved in the Qin family's business circle, she had no choice in reality.

In addition to managing the foreign goods business, she also had to take time out to go to the textile factory to help come up with new patterns, and she also had to go to the garment shop frequently to add some finishing touches.